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Use this room when you already know the kind of cultural terrain you want to inspect. For guided orientation, open the Field Map or begin with a pathway.

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Now showing — Music Has the Right to Children · 5 works

  • Music of the Sun Music · 2000s

    Music of the Sun is a 2005 album associated with Rihanna and Def Jam Recordings. It keeps the music field anchored in recognizable listening lines rather than anonymous album slots.

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  • Ambient 1: Music for Airports is a studio album by the English musician Brian Eno. It was released in February 1979 through E.G. Records and Polydor Records. It was the first Eno album released under the label of ambient music, a genre intended to "induce calm and a space to think" while remaining "as ignorable as i...

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  • Music for 18 Musicians Music · 1970s

    Music for 18 Musicians is a minimalist album by composer Steve Reich recorded between April–December 1976 and released on the ECM New Series in April 1978—his first of three releases for the label. The ensemble features eighteen musicians, including Reich himself playing the part of piano and marimba, playing Reich'...

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  • The Power of Myth Essays · 1980s

    *The Power of Myth* launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people. To him, mythology was the "song of the universe, the music of the spheres." With Bill Moyers, one of America's most p...

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  • Nostalgic electronic music that sounds like half-remembered childhood. Hauntology as genre.

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